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William Howard Taft is thought to be the first President to be photographed playing golf: #Getty (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 OP
I'll just leave this here: Stinky The Clown Jun 2020 #1
Trump must be getting his fashion tips from Taft... cayugafalls Jun 2020 #2
Same athletic build soothsayer Jun 2020 #3
Same shitty swing, rsdsharp Jun 2020 #4
Not Fair ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #7
My apologies to WHT. rsdsharp Jun 2020 #8
I'm Sure He Would Appreciate It ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #10
You beat me to it. brush Jun 2020 #6
They do look like they're about the same size. GoCubsGo Jun 2020 #9
Wonder if tRump has gotten stuck in the bathtub? madinmaryland Jun 2020 #12
Comparing trump to Taft, is so unfair to Taft. Every which way. empedocles Jun 2020 #5
I was vacationing in Maine years ago and without prior knowledge pkayed Blue_true Jun 2020 #11

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)
7. Not Fair
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 05:36 PM
Jun 2020

Golf swings then didn't look like they do now.
In the days of hickory shafts, they were flatter, required more lateral shift, and needed to turnover low & to the left.
That forward lean & low hands might have been from a pretty good swing.
Not Vardon or Ray, but pretty good.
Now, on PINO's swing, we agree.
He is incapable of hitting 2 good shots in a row.
That's why he has to shave strokes.

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)
10. I'm Sure He Would Appreciate It
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 05:46 PM
Jun 2020

And, you gave me another chance to bash PINO about being a crappy golfer & a cheat!
Win-win!

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
12. Wonder if tRump has gotten stuck in the bathtub?
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 06:51 PM
Jun 2020

That would explain the midnight trip to Walter Reed!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. I was vacationing in Maine years ago and without prior knowledge pkayed
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 06:20 PM
Jun 2020

on a course that Taft played on. One hole in particular was kept the same as the day Taft played it. The hole had a scary-assed looking sand trap that stretched about halfway around the green. The green was about three feet above me head with me standing above my drive in the fairway.

Taft took a 19 on that hole, as legend goes. The hole was a Par 4.

I laid up short of the trap and took my chances with a wedge in my hands. I got out with a 5.

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